Home town: Wareham, Massachusetts
Interests/Hobbies: Skiing, Rock Climbing, Running, Basketball, Boston Sports teams
EDUCATION
Undergraduate: Tufts University
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania
Internship: General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
RESEARCH INTEREST
Investigating the etiology of, and ways to inhibit or reverse, fatty infiltration of the rotator cuff after massive rotator cuff tears using a transgenic mouse model in Dr. Frank Petrigliano’s lab.
Shoulder and elbow injuries in athletes and evaluating the surgical outcomes of rotator cuff repairs.
Orthopaedic resident education. Currently serve as chair of the AAOS Resident Assembly Education Committee and as a member on the AAOS Shoulder and Elbow Content Committee.
AWARDS/ GRANTS
Grants
Frank A. Petrigliano, Ayelet Dar, Andrew R. Jensen, April Pyle, Bruno Peault
Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Pilot and Feasibility Grant
"Defining the myogenic niche for rotator cuff skeletal muscle regeneration by administration of hPSC pericytes"
Project Period: 04/01/2016 - 03/31/2017
Total Award: $30,000
Andrew R. Jensen, Frank A. Petrigliano, Denis Evseenko
H&H Lee Surgical Research Scholars Grant
"The role of perivascular stem cells in the pathogenesis of fatty infiltration of the rotator cuff"
Project Period: 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016
Total Award: $50,000
Awards
Western Orthopaedic Association Resident Research Award. Awarded to the top research papers at the WOA annual meeting. Indian Wells, CA. 2016.
William G. Munns Memorial Prize. Awarded for academic excellence in orthopaedic surgery. Philadelphia, PA. 2013.
Theodore Friedmann Prize. Awarded for significant advance in analysis of biomedical ethics arising from applications of new technology. Philadelphia, PA. 2013.
PUBLICATIONS
Eliasberg CE, Dar A, Jensen AR, et al. "Perivascular Stem Cells Diminish Muscle Atrophy Following Massive Rotator Cuff Tears in a Small Animal Model" J Bone Joint Surg Am (in publication)
Jensen AR, Maciel RC, Petrigliano FA, Rodriguez JP, Brooks AG. "Injuries Sustained by the Mixed Martial Arts Athlete" Sports Health. 2016 Aug 16. (epub ahead of print)
PMID: 27530614
Murray IR, Baily JE, Chen WC, Dar A, Gonzalez ZN, Jensen AR, et al."Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Pericytes: Functions and Therapeutic Potential" Pharmacol Ther. 2016 Sept 2 (epub ahead of print)
PMID: 27595928
Jensen AR, Volland, E. “A Fun Way to Increase Resident Engagement” AAOS Now. 2016 Aug; 10(8):57.
Jensen AR, Kelly AM, Kelly JD 4th. “Arthroscopic removal of proximal femoral locking screws: a novel approach of hip arthroscopy” Orthopaedics. 2013 Jul; 36(7):523-6. PMID: 23823033.
PRESENTATIONS
"Fibroadipogenic Progenitor Cells Cause Fatty Infiltration in Murine Rotator Cuff Tears”
Meeting: Western Orthopaedic Association
September 29th, 2016 in Indian Wells, CA
"Operative Management of Rotator Cuff Tears in the Medicare Population"
Meeting: Western Orthopaedic Association
September 30th, 2016 in Indian Wells, CA
"Improving the Surgical Outcomes of Rotator Cuff Repair"
Meeting: UCLA Annual Herbert Stark Lecture Series
January 27th, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA
"The Role of PDGFRα+ and PDGFRβ+ Cell Populations in Remodeling of the Rotator Cuff After Irreversible Injury in a Murine Model"
Meeting: Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Annual Conference
February 18th, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA
"Trends in the Operative Management of Rotator Cuff Tears in the Medicare Population"
Meeting: Orthopaedic Summit
December 5th, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV
